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September 08, 2026
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday refused to disturb the conviction of a former New York attorney accused of arranging to pay a hitman to kill the mother of his two young children in the midst of a custody battle, ruling that it doesn't matter that his payment was made to an undercover agent rather than a person who really intended to arrange for murder.
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September 08, 2026
A Colorado federal judge denied a request for additional depositions from counsel of an attorney and others accused of siphoning $12 million while advocating an illegal tax fee after determining the request for the depositions was untimely and made outside the discovery window.
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September 08, 2026
A North Carolina software company told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday not to pause an upcoming trademark trial with its former Dutch partner over a licensing agreement that went south, saying the quickest way to a resolution of the long-running litigation is to finally bring it to a jury.
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September 08, 2026
A 77-year-old defense attorney from Cobb County, Georgia, is facing criminal charges over allegations of soliciting sex acts from a client, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.
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September 08, 2026
A D.C. Circuit panel appeared skeptical Tuesday that a civil liberties group should get access to the identities and internal documents of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission officials involved in a 2022 "control deficiency" that resulted in the dismissals of over 40 administrative cases.
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